Canary Wharf DLR station

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Canary Wharf
Handicapped/disabled access
Location
Place Canary Wharf
Local authority Tower Hamlets
Operations
Managed by Docklands Light Railway
Platforms in use 6
Transport for London
Zone 2
History
Key dates Opened 1991
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
Services
Preceding station   DLR   Following station
Docklands Light Railway
towards Lewisham

Canary Wharf DLR station is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in London, England. Built into the base of One Canada Square, between two parts of a shopping centre,[1] it serves the Canary Wharf office complex. The station itself has six platforms serving three rail tracks and is sheltered by a distinctive elliptical glass roof.

The station is located on the DLR between Heron Quays station and West India Quay station, in Travelcard Zone 2, which are in fact the three closest train stations on the same line in the world.[citation needed] The station is shown on the Tube map as being an interchange with Canary Wharf tube station[2] but is situated some distance from the tube station with a choice of sign-posted routes through either the shopping malls under the office complex or on the street. Interchanging between Heron Quays DLR station and Canary Wharf tube station is possibly shorter and more straight forward.

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[edit] History

A DLR train leaving Canary Wharf station, heading for Bank
A DLR train leaving Canary Wharf station, heading for Bank

Canary Wharf station had been part of the original DLR plans, but when the system opened in August 1987 the station was not ready.[3] It was originally planned that the station would be similar to the original station at Heron Quays, with two small platforms either side of the tracks. It soon became apparent that the Canary Wharf development would produce demand well above the capacity of a simple station. On 17 July 1987 (over a month before the DLR opened to the public) a contract was awarded to GEC-Mowlem Railway Group to rebuild the station into the considerably more elaborate and spacious design that exists today. It was opened in November 1991.[3]

[edit] Rail service and frequency

Canary Wharf is served by two lines of the DLR — Bank to Lewisham and Stratford to Lewisham. Service to Bank comes at 3.5 minute intervals from 6.30am to 10.00am; four minute intervals from 4.30pm to 7.30pm; seven minutes intervals from 7.30pm to 9pm; and ten minute intervals from 5.30am to 6.30am, 10am to 4pm, and 9pm to 12.30am.[4] There are also occasional services between Tower Gateway and Lewisham or Crossharbour.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canary Wharf - Transport for London TfL official site Retrieved 2007-09-03
  2. ^ Tube map TfL official site Retrieved 2007-09-03
  3. ^ a b DLR history timeline TfL official site Retrieved 2007-09-03
  4. ^ DLR frequencies TfL official site Retrieved 2007-09-04

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Coordinates: 51°30′18.59″N, 0°1′15.56″W

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One Canada Square · 8 Canada Square · Citigroup Centre · One Churchill Place · 10 Upper Bank Street · 40 Bank Street · 25 Bank Street · 1 Cabot Square · 5 Canada Square · 10 Cabot Square · 25 Cabot Square · 25 North Colonnade · 20 Canada Square · 50 Bank Street · 20 Bank Street · 20 Cabot Square · 30 South Colonnade · 11 Westferry Circus · 1 Westferry Circus · 17 Columbus Courtyard · 20 Columbus Courtyard · 15 Westferry Circus · 7 Westferry Circus
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